CVE-2016-7193
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
- High 7.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Mar 2022
Description
Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word 2016, Word for Mac 2011, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Viewer, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, Office Web Apps 2010 SP2, Office Web Apps Server 2013 SP1, and Office Online Server allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Key facts
- Published
- 14 Oct 2016
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- KEV added
- 3 Mar 2022
- KEV fix due
- 24 Mar 2022
- EPSS
- 57.582% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.096% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
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Timeline
- 14 Oct 2016 Published
- 3 Mar 2022 CVE-2016-7193 added to CISA KEV
- 3 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue